Nitto Dirt Drop stem
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On Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:32:35 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote:
Seeing Manny's panda photo has prompted me to wonder: What is the attitude
(tilt) of your mustache
Helped my buddy move furniture yesterday and took another look at the setup
on his Mercian (really checking out progress on his tandem rebuild). His
moustache bar on his Mercian goes uphill at like 60 degrees - really - it
works great for him.
On Friday, September 7, 2012 7:28:20 AM UTC-5,
Tilted. I had mustache bars on my old road bike, and have Soma
Lauterwasser 3-speed II bars on my single and three speed bikes
respectively. I set all of them so that I have a natural wrist position
when using the end-of-bar hand grips. My Romulus came to me with Nitto
rando bars, and I
Swept back portion angled down; top part as viewed from the side of the
bike is horizontal. I agree that they are an acquired taste. M-bars on
All-rounder, X0-1 and Peugeot PX-10 SS.
AR and Peugeot use Nitto Pearl and Tech deluxe stems. Bars and saddle are
level X0-1 uses stock Ritchey Force
Sent: Fri Sep 07 09:47:06 CST 2012
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Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: What Is Your Moustache Attitude?
Good morning, all.
I guess this is a good example of everybody needing to make their own peace
with moustache bars. I like them low and a bit far away
I used to really like my moustache bars, but now I don't, so I kind of
wonder about angles, too. I did have albatross bars on that bike for a
while, and a different seat. Either I didn't set the m-bars up the same as
they had been before, or else *I* changed...
Philip
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I like them to be more or less parallel to the ground. That is, so that
the 'return' part of the bar or end of the hooks is horizontal, or maybe
barely-perceptibly pointed downward.
One of the the keys to moustache bars I have found is to give them a little
time. You need at least a
I like them to be more or less parallel to the ground. That is, so that
the ends of the bar are horizontal, or maybe barely-perceptibly pointed
downward.
One of the the keys to moustache bars I have found is, you have to give
them a little time. You need at least a week of riding every
My SimpleOne has its mustache pointed down at a about 5-6 degree angle. Got
that way after trial and error. I have three bikes, each with a different
bar (mustache, noodle, albatross). Mustache is my favorite followed closely
by the albatross. I used to love the noodle as well, but I think I am
http://flic.kr/p/a9aRtg
Here is a side view where I ended up. After a year I switched to VO Rando bars
after trying many angles and stems. I never figured out how to make these
comfortable on this bike. I do think the location of the brake levers effects
comfort also, as there is a lot of
I use the Soma Lauterwasser bars, the m-bars grand dad.
Tops are level, the drops end up at about 10% tilt.
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Like many I wanted to like them more than I actually did. I finally
reinstalled them on my Allrounder and got the height right. I don't think
I'd want to do a long tour with them but they are great for what I use the
AR for. The pic doesn't really show the height but you get the idea.
I'll admit this is not exactly helpful, but I gave up on M bars. I got
them with my Hilsen and really wanted to like them. I tried a bunch of
angles and even flipped them over. Nothing worked right for me.
I've since gone to Albatross and Jitensha bars, both of which work great
for me.
I have the mustache bars on my Quickbeam. My biggest mistake with them
was to have them to far away. A nice stretched out ride in the hooks but
due to the short backward reach I was always putting to much pressure on me
hands for all day tours when sitting up.
I love the feel up on in the
About 5 degrees drop at the ends, and the top just slightly angled down. No
bar-end shifters on my QB, so I machined some extenders that give me a
similar length at the ends, nice for my wrists.
I have M-bars on all three of my bicycles, they feel just fine and natural
after 15 years of using
Good morning, all.
I guess this is a good example of everybody needing to make their own peace
with moustache bars. I like them low and a bit far away. With this
positioning, I do most of my riding with my hands at 10 and 2 on the curves
leading from the hooks to the bar ends. When my hands need
I had them most recently at about 6-8 degrees (http://flic.kr/p/c3moYY), but
swapped them out for Porteur bars (similar angle - http://flic.kr/p/cZgd4w). I
usually have the bars about the same angle of tilt as the saddle. I like that
the Porteurs have a similar feel, albeit narrower, and they
I keep my moustache bars parallel to the ground. I like my bars a little
lower than the standard. If I tilt them back, I have to reach down too
low. It works for me.
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I think us old guys (55 - not too) find a tall quill and moustache bar to
be a second and third wind in cycling. There are a lot of factors that
affect cervical strain, but the biggest is that we lean on the bar now
rather than pull on it like we did when we were younger.
I have a Technomic
57 here, and certainly not as spry as I was 10 years ago. I've tried M-bars
many times on many different bikes, with positions ranging from high and
close to one similar to a lowish hoods position (on the M-bar's hoods), and
I've tried them angled down and flat. I have really wanted to like them
When I lived in Wisconsin, I loved them for riding in cold weather and
snow. Getting my hands around the brakes on drop bars was too sketchy in
big puffy mittens. Moustache bars totally solved that problem and provided
extra leverage for getting through the slop. Now living back in California,
After years of trying M-bars off and on without real success, I finally
sold them. I was never totally comfortable on them, I think mostly due to
the lack of a position like the tops of a drop bar. The best setup for me
was quite high, on a bike with too short a top tube so they were very
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